All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

BTI: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

BTI real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BTI returned +16.43% over the past year and +2.80% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 14, 1980, BTI is up +30,586.65% in real purchasing-power return, or +13.10%/yr, and is currently −11.35% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2026.

Data ending Thu Oct. 15, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-04-14💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
BTI × 		+30,586.65%
+13.10%/yr 		+12.40%/yr
R2=0.924
British American Tobacco p.l.c. NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-04-14💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Start
Value 		End
Value
BTI × 		$10,000.00
1980-04-14 		$3,068,665.04
2026-10-15

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-15

  YTD YoY
BTI × 		+2.80% +16.43%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
BTI × 		−11.35%
on 2026-10-15
from 2026-05-14 peak 		−65.12%
on 2000-03-13
from 1998-07-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-10-15 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BTI × 		+16.43% +73.71%
+31.80%/yr 		+120.89%
+30.24%/yr 		+90.83%
+13.80%/yr 		+38.24%
+3.29%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BTI
2026 (YTD) +2.80%
2025 +61.49%
2024 +31.65%
2023 −22.68%
2022 +8.12%
2021 +0.85%
2020 −6.01%
2019 +39.77%
2018 −50.30%
2017 +21.71%
2016 +3.58%
2015 +6.07%
2014 +4.09%
2013 +8.88%
2012 +9.35%
2011 +24.17%
2010 +24.09%
2009 +24.95%
2008 −30.04%
2007 +38.43%
2006 +27.11%
2005 +31.15%
2004 +27.01%
2003 +46.75%
2002 +19.66%
2001 +12.10%
2000 +64.30%
1999 −39.58%
1998 −4.39%
1997 +19.07%
1996 −7.21%
1995 +40.71%
1994 −14.17%
1993 +9.94%
1992 +27.62%
1991 +5.27%
1990 −7.06%
1989 +61.85%
1988 −4.23%
1987 +33.87%
1986 +52.27%
1985 +24.47%
1984 +77.93%
1983 +2.45%
1982 +46.32%
1981 +8.50%
1980 +0.13%